Messiah Baptist Church
Messiah Baptist Church is a Baptist church in East Orange, NJ 07018. It is one of 78 churches in East Orange, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
East Orange, NJ, 07018Website: http://www.messiahmovement.org/
Messiah Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Messiah Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Food Insecurity: 36.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.5%
- Unemployment: 14.5% (7.2–21.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
- Diabetes: 15.5%
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Poverty Rate: 18.1% (9.9–26.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (2.9–22.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East Orange city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 2,025 residents.
Churches near Messiah Baptist Church
- Star House International Church — 0.2 mi away
- Imani Baptist Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Elmwood United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Light — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Works Apostolic Ministry — 0.4 mi away
- Peaceful Zion Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Worship Center In New Jersey — 0.4 mi away
- Church at the Crossroads — 0.4 mi away
- Salem French Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away